Lernerville Speedway
June 5, 2015
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Norris scores first victory of the season at Lernerville

Lernerville Speedway
SARVER, PA (June 6) - Michael Norris had been fairly close to victory lane in 2015, and on this night, a perfect set of circumstances presented themselves and he took advantage of them

Chuck Sarver and Todd Bachman lead the field to green in the 25 lap feature and it was Bachman who would get out to the early lead as Norris climbed to second from fourth, before the caution flag waved on lap two for a Clayton Kennedy spin. On the ensuing restart, Norris made his way around Bachman for the lead and would never look back for the remainder of the race.

Behind him, Alex Ferree made his way around Sarver and Bachman to move into second place while Jared Miley sets his sights on joining them in the top three at the lap four mark Norris and Ferree got some separation from the remainder of the field with Norris calling the top side of the speedway home for much of the race.  Kennedy then proceeded to bring out the caution flag for the second time of the night on lap 7.  He was followed in the caution parade by Mike Pegher Jr. on lap 8.  Three time winner in 2015, Russ King then finished off the caution hat trick on lap 9 when he broke while running fourth.

Norris, Ferree and Miley led the field on the restart with a charging Kenny Schaltenbrand behind them. Schaltenbrand actually took the third spot away from Miley on lap 11 and the two battled for the position through the mid portion of the race while Norris and Ferree would separate themselves.  Ferree was able to make slight gains on Norris in the second   half of the race as the two eventually became separated by just a few tenths of a second at the lap 15 mark.  Norris' car was extremely impressive in turn two, but Ferree was just as good in turn four, and with five laps to go and the leader approaching lapped traffic, John Garvin Jr. brought out the final caution of the race on lap 21.

On the final restart Norris elected top side and was able to keep the lead while Ferree and Miley were looking for an opportunity to find their way around.  But Norris would not and could not be caught as Miley then engaged Ferree in a battle for second which gave Norris some breathing room on his way to the his first victory of the season.

"I have to thank Alex (Ferree), he's one hell of a race car driver and he runs me clean every week and racing with him is fun," Norris said. "The car was a little tight tonight, so we were working there and I wasn't being really easy on it.

A-Main
1 72 Michael Norris
2 10 Alex Ferree
3 H1 Jared Miley
4 29 Kenny Schaltenbrand
5 88 Chuck Sarver
6 66 Todd Bachman
7 10L Gary Lyle
8 9 Clayton Kennedy
9 17T Tom Kitchen
10 32 Trevor Herr
11 J4 John Garvin Jr
12 411 Bob Moore
13 56 Russ King
14 1c Mike Pegher Jr
dns 111 Brian Swartzlander

Heat #1
1 H1 Jared Miley
2 72 Michael Norris
3 1c Mike Pegher Jr
4 56 Russ King
5 66 Todd Bachman
6 J4 John Garvin Jr
7 10L Gary Lyle
8 32 Trevor Herr

Heat #2
1 29 Kenny Schaltenbrand
2 10 Alex Ferree
3 88 Chuck Sarver
4 9 Clayton Kennedy
5 17T Tom Kitchen
6 411 Bob Moore
7 111 Brian Swartzlander